Nirgrantha-3

Author(s): M A Dhaky, Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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Vol. III, 1997-2002
The << True Vaiṣṇava >>:....
other in strictly observing ahimsa and severe vegetarian rules. Their aims, however, are different the Vallabhans try to keep themselves free from any kind of pollution, whereas the Jainas want to annihilate the effects of karma. Yet in Mavo's text on the Vaisnava dharma one finds a complete convergence of views on how to achieve moral perfection and how to determine the norms of human behaviour.
Conclusion
The ideal of "Vaisnavajana..." of course does not belong exclusively to Gujarati bhakti. From Kabira 38 to Tulasīdāsa39, there is a wealth of definitions in the devotional literature in new Indo-Aryan languages. But what may have been Jaina influence in Gujarat, may have been the work of Buddhist influence in the North40. Whereas Buddhism disappeared, Jainism survived and became predominant in Gujarat, and this may explain why Gujarati bhakti kept on a permanent interest in the theme of moral perfection and why non-sectarian forms of Vişnuism did not disappear. Dayārāma, who wrote in the 19th century and was a Vallabhan, gave a final description of what a Vaisnava is not. His composition2 is sung in bhajana sessions at least frequently as "Vaisnavajana to tene kahiye..":
Vaisnava nathi thayo turh re, harijana nathi thayo tum re, sīda gumanamärk ghume.
Harijanane joi hayum na harakhe, drave na Hari guna gātām, kāma dāma caṭaki nathi phaṭaki, krodhe locana rätäṁ. 1 Vaisnava nathi turk re,...
Tuja samge koi vaisnava thaë, to tum vaisnava saco, tārā samgano ramga na läge, taham tuh kaco. 2 Vaisnava nathi turn re,...
Paradukha dekhi hṛdaya na däjhe, paraninda nathi darato, vhālā nathi Vitthala sum sacum, hathe tum hum hum karato. 3 Vaisnava nathi turk re,...
Paropkare prita na tujane, svärtha chutyo che namhim,
kaheṇī tevi raheņi na male, kyarṁh lakhyuṁh ema kaheni. 4 Vaisnava nathi turk re,...
Bhajanā rūḍha nathi mana niscaya, nathi Harino viśvāsa, jagatataṇī āṣā che jyāṁħ lagī, jagata guru turk däsa. 5 Vaisnava nathi tum re,...
Manatano guru mana karīśa to, sācī vastu jaḍaśe,
Daya duḥkha ke sukha mana, pana sacum kahevum padase. 6 Vaisnava nathi tum re,...
You are not a Vaisnava Hari's devotee you are not.
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